Legislation by Source Document: Early Canadiana Online
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act for continuing in Force the Several Acts herein after mentioned. | 28 George III Chapter 14 | 1787 | This Act lists and continues several acts which are near expiring and enacts that they are to remain in force until 1789. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to raise a Sum of Money to repair the Public Road leading from Halifax to Windsor, and to cause the Proprietors of Lands on each Side said Road to settle the same more expeditiously. | 28 George III Chapter 13 | 1787 | This Act enacts that persons owning property between Sackville Bridge and Three Mile Plain on the Windsor road must pay a tax each year if they suffer the land to remain unsettled. The processes by which this tax is to be applied and collected are outlined. This Act is to remain in force until 1790. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the Relief of Robert Appleby, an Insolvent Debtor. | 28 George III Chapter 12 | 1787 | This Act makes provision for the discharge of Robert Appleby, an insolvent debtor detained in Shelburne. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in Amendment of an Act for establishing a public Market at the Market House in Halifax, and for regulating the same. | 28 George III Chapter 11 | 1787 | This Act amends the rate at which market stalls can be rented from eight pounds per annum to whatever the Justices in their sessions for the county of Halifax determine to be a fit price. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for enabling Commissioners to make Sale of the public Buildings therein named for public Uses, and to erect on the lower Parade in the Town of Halifax a commodious Building, and also to provide or build a Common Jail. | 28 George III Chapter 10 | 1787 | This Act makes provision for the sale of certain public properties, including the orphan house, in order to fund the construction of a new building to house the assembly, council, and courts in Halifax as well as a new jail. Instructions for the sale of these properties and the construction of the new buildings are outlined, including allowable costs and the duties of commissioners to be appointed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to prevent the Circulation of base and counterfeit Half Pence, and other Copper Coin, and to establish the current Value of English Crowns, Half Crowns and Shillings in this Province. | 28 George III Chapter 9 | 1787 | This Act outlines penalties for persons who knowingly circulate counterfeit coins and sets the value of certain currencies, including English crowns, half crowns, and shillings. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further Addition to an Act passed in the Second Year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act for appointing Firewards and punishing Thefts and Disorders at the Time of Fire.” | 28 George III Chapter 8 | 1787 | This Act amends the 1762 Act, "An Act for appointing Firewards and punishing Thefts and Disorders at the Time of Fire," as amended in 1783, relating to the appointment of chimney sweepers in Halifax and the frequency with which chimnies are required to be swept in the town. Directions for the maintenance of fire engines and towards the prevention of fires are also outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for regulating the Manner of issuing Process and Execution from the Inferior Courts of Common Pleas for the several Counties in this Province, and also for altering the Form of the Summons heretofore used. | 28 George III Chapter 7 | 1787 | The Act amends the manner of issuing processes and forms of summons in the Courts of Common Pleas, which were found inconvenient and expensive. New forms to be used are included. Forms of summons are to be directed to the parties summoned instead of to the constable or sheriff. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in Addition to, and Amendment of an Act made in the fifth Year of His present Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act for regulating Servants.” | 28 George III Chapter 6 | 1787 | This Act amends the 1765 Act, "An Act for regulating Servants," relating to the length of employment terms, penalties for masters or mistresses who sell liquor to their servants, and the employment of "disorderly and beggarly persons" as indentured servants, among other matters. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the more effectually carrying into Execution the Provisions of an Act made in the Sixth Year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act to prevent the Multiplicity of Law Suits.” | 28 George III Chapter 5 | 1787 | This Act amends the 1766 Act, "An Act to prevent the Multiplicity of Law Suits," which was found insufficient. The Act outlines further processes for the prosecution and defence of certain actions in the province, in addition to those outlined in the 1766 Act. | Early Canadiana Online |